The Radice surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 924 people carried this name — #26,422 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is down 4% from 966 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Radice surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From radice (“root”), a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of root vegetables.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Radice» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 601 people named Radice live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
121 people named Radice live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Radice.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Isère.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Radice,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gerolamo Radice 1883–1948 · association football player -
Gerolamo Radice 1883–1948 · association football player
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Mario Radice 1898–1987 · painter -
Mario Radice 1898–1987 · painter
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Alessandro Radice 1551–1650
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Evasio Radice 1794–1855 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Radice.
- Radde 394 · U.S. census
- Rade 277 · U.S. census
- Radel 1,829 · U.S. census
- Rader 16,320 · U.S. census
- Radi 538 · U.S. census
- Radic 442 · U.S. census
- Radin 893 · U.S. census
- Radix 147 · U.S. census
- Radomski 1,234 · U.S. census
- Radosavljevic 179 · U.S. census
- Radovic 378 · U.S. census
- Radu 954 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Radice is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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